Even so, “Doctor Sleep” presents a very different feel from the claustrophobic original story that was concentrated in and around the Overlook.
But the young girl isn’t interested in playing victim, and with Danny’s help, decides to confront the cult directly in a showdown that eventually leads to some familiar hallways.Īs a horror movie, “Doctor Sleep” has some clear strengths, though Flanagan’s effort tends to be more disturbing than scary, and most of the frights are contingent on audiences being familiar with the Kubrick film. Led by a beautiful witch named Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson), The True Knot sets its sights on Abra. Those abilities make Danny and Abra a target for a demon cult called The True Knot that has fed for centuries on children who possess The Shining. In time, he settles into a hospice job, starts attending an addiction recovery group and makes a psychic connection with a young girl named Abra Stone (Kyliegh Curran), who shares the special abilities he used to call “The Shining.” Like his father before him, Danny is battling alcoholism, and he arrives in a remote New Hampshire town near destitute.
Young Danny Torrance (Roger Dale Floyd) and his mother (Alex Essoe) may have survived the assault by crazed father Jack (played so memorably by Jack Nicholson in the Kubrick film), but the ghosts of the hotel are still pursuing the boy and it takes some special help from an old friend to keep them at bay.įast-forward a few years, and Danny (Ewan McGregor) has only exchanged one set of demons for another. “Doctor Sleep” picks up in the aftermath of “The Shining’s” supernatural finale at the Overlook Hotel.
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